Comedy
Comedy review: Jokes About the Time I Went To Prison, Toff in the Town, MICF 2025
'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' meets 'Shawshank Redemption?'
Comedy review: Gillian Cosgriff, Fresh New Worries, The Show Room, MICF 2025
A lesson in finely crafted comedy, Cosgriff's latest show is simply superb.
Comedy review: Mad C*nts, Meyers Lane, MICF 2025
Satirising the frenetic nature of young, intense 'bestie' friendships, seen through the windows of communication devices.
Comedy review: Chris Nguyen: It’s Pronounced Nguyen, Theory Bar, MICF 2025
Please note: Nguyen's comedy debut is not another take on migrant trauma.
Comedy reviews: Rhys Mathewson: Time Trial and Science Friction: Fandom Wars, MICF 2025
A bearded New Zealander romping across different topics and geeks battling it out.
Comedy review: Sara Pascoe, I Am A Strange Gloop, Melbourne Town Hall, MICF 2025
Sara Pascoe got married and had children. She's happy about that... mostly.
Comedy review: Geraldine Hickey, Meander, Fairfax Studio, MICF 2025
Seeing Hickey is like catching up with an old and genuinely beloved friend... who doesn't happen to know north from…
Comedy review: Jessica Barton: Dirty Work, The Motley Bauhaus, MICF 2025
Come clown around with this multitalented comedian in her debut show.
The 2025 Stand Up! grant recipients have arrived
Six years since being established, the supportive initiative is back to champion more rising comics.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off with the Gala
The MICF Gala is a time-honoured tradition that has the funny flying at you from 23 different directions.